A poem criticizing The Tablet, UK’s Catholic newspaper of record: For the people at The Tablet Life seems very tough. They publish, publish, publish, But no one buys their stuff. On tables, shelves, old, yellowing Unsold, the copies lie. “What can be done to save our jobs? What is there left to try?” More more more at The Left Footer’s blog. [...]
Reblogged from Blithe Spirit: Sun-Times endorsements no more: With this in mind, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board will approach election coverage in a new way. We will provide clear and accurate information about who the candidates are and where they stand on the issues most important to our city, our state and our country. We [...]
Have been groping lately for breakfast-table reading. Nothing autocratic, you know, a la the senior Oliver Wendell Holmes (the good one). Something to feed the mind without requiring Great Books-style concentration. Groping, I say, because of the increasingly slim and flimsy offerings in my two daily newspapers, Chi Trib and Sun-Times, both as to interest-level (don’t care [...]
